so...there's 2 games in a row i was worried and thought we'd lose, but pulled it out. the games were exciting. we went on runs akin to college basketball. there were opportunities to yell at the tv in frustration. there were opportunities to punch your fist in the air in celebration. forget minutes, rotations, whatever...these were fun to watch.

that being said, it's a little disconcerting to see the way minutes are being distributed, but as i said before we've gotta get AI acclimated with the starters, and stuckey's been out. if this goes on like this all season that won't be good.

we finally saw some limitations of bynum, in that he has trouble against a zone defense...his jumper doesn't have to be respected and it's more difficult to get in the lane and penetrate. when we have lineups going so small, and AI/Bynum on the floor at the same time, you can see why stuckey is needed.

kwame was awful at getting back on the pick-and-roll, and biedrins isn't *that* fast. it won't hurt as much against like shaq/duncan/etc., but he better shore that D up if he wants to stay in the starting lineup.

I have read some posters talking about the importance of getting McDyess back. If we're counting on Dyess as our savior, we're in trouble. He'll give us more offense but he'll be abused on defense.

I heard Cedric Maxwell talking about Dyess being a post presence during the Celts-Pistons game. Which Detroit team has he been watching? The easy answer is this: None of them. Dyess does not post up consistently. Kinda like Sheed.

. Anybody else notice that Dave Cowens rarely participates in the time out huddles?? I kept checking and he each time he was on the outside the huddle talking to the towel boys, or some TNT camera gaffer.

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To quote myself here, take a look at Cowens (in the light brown suit) in Mik's piks...in the second one he is staring at the behind of a Warrior girl, in picture # 4 he is asking Afllolo did he check her our during the last time out (while MC, Walker and Pope are talking to Bynum). In picture # 6, while Curry, Pope and Walker are setting up the next play he is standing in the back wondering if the Laker girls will look as good as the Warrior girls

He is a HOFmer, so I give him the benefit of doubt that he is contributing, but how about helping out with teaching some defense in the paint!!! After all he was on the NBA All defensive first team in 1976! Even in the pregame warmups he seem to be out there shaking hands with fans while the other coaches were working out with the players.....well guess since he coached at Golden State once all the old beatwriters were chatting with him...

“The coaches did a great job at halftime at making adjustments on the way we wanted to cover,” Afflalo said. “So with myself and my teammates talking to me, we were able to lock in defensively and slow the game a little bit.”

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Now, here's the magic word. I don't think I've heard it for the past 3 years.

Thanks. This is just a new Nikon D90 with the kit lens. My old Rebel XT died on me about a month ago or so, so I needed a new cam and got that because it also takes videos. The lens is not really a true "telephoto" giving about 5x zoom. It is the overall quality and 12 mp resolution that gives a chance to crop and get things bigger. We could start a photo thread if anyone is interested.

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What kind of photo-editing software do you use? We just got my wife a Canon XSi Rebel a few weeks ago, she loves it. I was going to get her Photoshop Elements, since she tried out the trial version and liked it, and we think CS3 is way beyond her needs right now. But a guy at the local student computer store recommended Adobe Lightroom. Heard of that? A photo thread would be interesting. I'm not sure how to post pictures on here,but it would be fun to try.

What kind of photo-editing software do you use? We just got my wife a Canon XSi Rebel a few weeks ago, she loves it. I was going to get her Photoshop Elements, since she tried out the trial version and liked it, and we think CS3 is way beyond her needs right now. But a guy at the local student computer store recommended Adobe Lightroom. Heard of that? A photo thread would be interesting. I'm not sure how to post pictures on here,but it would be fun to try.

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I am not using any software at this time. Just don't have time. Trying to take good pictures so that I don't have to play with them especially since there are too many of them. As far as thread, I was thinking more of a discussion about the camera equipment, pointers as far as shooting, editing, etc.

If you want to post a pic, just scroll down when you are posting a message and hit "Browse..." in the ImageShack section. After that choose what image you'd like to post and hit "host it!". It will open imageshack page. After the image is uploaded, find a link for the forums and copy it over into your post. That's all there's to it.

I am not using any software at this time. Just don't have time. Trying to take good pictures so that I don't have to play with them especially since there are too many of them. As far as thread, I was thinking more of a discussion about the camera equipment, pointers as far as shooting, editing, etc.

If you want to post a pic, just scroll down when you are posting a message and hit "Browse..." in the ImageShack section. After that choose what image you'd like to post and hit "host it!". It will open imageshack page. After the image is uploaded, find a link for the forums and copy it over into your post. That's all there's to it.